# FAA ground stop halts flights nationwide

https://mins.news/en/item/142982

- The Verge, 2026-11-13 21:38 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/news/1033489/faa-ground-stop

> The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop, pausing takeoffs at US airports over a communications problem affecting all air traffic control centers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said technicians are investigating; the FAA cited impacts to air traffic control frequencies and/or radar capabilities.

## Stories

- [US Nationwide Air Traffic Communications Outage and Flight Grounding](https://mins.news/en/topic/faa-nationwide-air-traffic-outage) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/faa-nationwide-air-traffic-outage.md

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